Imperfect Perfection

Our Lil' Cuppiecake turned 1!!

We had a wonderful celebration at my mom's house with close friends and family.  We have been calling Brooklyn Cupcake/Cuppie Cake for almost her whole life, so it made sense that we would have a cupcake themed birthday party for her.

I had so much fun planning this with my mom, sister and of course AJ.  I haven't had time to craft much since B was born, so this party was a perfect excuse to get back to it.  I made her highchair tutu, the cupcake liner garland, her birthday updates chalkboard, all cakes and cupcakes (with scratch icing) and her monthly photo banner.  I was going to make her tutu but, because I had never attempted a tutu, I went ahead and ordered one from Etsy shop Sunday Boutique, to make sure it was nice and full. It turned out great.  However, after making the tutu for her high chair, I realized I could have easily attempted it.  The onsie was made by ABCDedsigns & Monogramming.
 




B was starting to suffer from allergies (cause we live in awesome Florida!) so she wasn't feeling her best, but I was surprised how good she was for the party.  Watching her interact with so many people was awesome.  I think she had a really good time.  She loved when everyone sang Happy Birthday to her and clapped for them at the end.





She didn't get as crazy with her smash cake as I would have thought, since it was her first time having sugar.  But, it was still so much fun to watch:)



She got so many awesome presents, that will last her forever.  Thank you to everyone that came out to share her special day:)

My best friend's little girl had her first birthday party this past week and I got to bake her zebra themed cake and help out with the photo booth and pictures of the party!  This little one is soooo loved, I was happy to get to spend the day with her!

I have never worked with fondant, but this is what the momma wanted, so I did my best.  AJ aka, Hubby, helped out tremendously with rolling out the fondant (even though he gave me all the credit for the cake).

I decided to buy the black fondant because I didn't want to go through the process of dying it black.  I made homemade fondant for the pink and the white, which was surprisingly easy and a lot cheaper.  A store bought fondant (one color) will run you $12, the homemade version came out to about $4 per color. 

Also, I went the extra mile and made the inside of the cake zebra stripped and it was also very easy, a little more time consuming, but so worth it:)